SK · 2001 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovakia, 2001
In 2001, Slovakia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.1% compared to 2000, reaching 12.
Slovakia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 45,760.
Slovakia ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.0% (from 8 in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.